Former Spammer Reveals Secrets in New Book 241
StonyandCher writes "A retired spammer is looking to make money from a tell-all book rather than fleecing people dependent on pharmaceuticals and people with gambling problems. In this Computerworld article 'Ed', a retired spammer, predicts the spam problem will only get worse, aided by consumers with dependencies and faster broadband speeds. From the article: 'He sent spam to recovering gambling addicts enticing them to gambling Web sites. He used e-mail addresses of people known to have bought antianxiety medication or antidepressants and targeted them with pharmaceutical spam. Response rates to spam tend to be a fraction of 1 percent. But Ed said he once got a 30 percent response rate for a campaign. The product? A niche type of adult entertainment: photos of fully clothed women popping balloons ... "Yes, I know I'm going to hell," said Ed."
Balloon Popping?! (Score:2, Informative)
For the lazy, see http://www.mellyloon.com/ [mellyloon.com] and http://www.looneynudes.com/preview/lnasampl.html [looneynudes.com] and others (Google away, dudes).
Oddly, it's just not appealing to me. I'm not be the Slashdot uber-geek I thought I was. Now perhaps, balloon pooping . . .
Re:photos of fully clothed women popping balloons (Score:4, Informative)
Who knew? Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go wash my cache out with soap.
Re:Innocuous? (Score:2, Informative)
MASSIVE Violation (Score:2, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Por